So, I Just Beat Defiance. Well, Errr, Thanks For Nuttin Trion...

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Originally Posted by wilks

Ok if gaming is a profession, what does it produce? Every other profession is based on a product or service. At the end of a game tourney, what is the end product or service? A sense of accomplishment for the winner? How is that something that can be made into a real profession if it produces nothing? Its for FUN. It will NEVER be a real profession unless you are the ones making and selling the game. Or the ones holding the tourney and collecting the entry fees and sponsorship money.

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The end product is advertising by the companies sponsoring the event, and entertainment to the viewers, just like any sporting event.

football works the same way, except they hire people to maintain their teams, pay their salaries and training, instead of leaving the individual athletes up to the tasks, because it's currently more porfitable. e-sports could eventually be doing the same thing.

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Originally Posted by ironhands

The end product is advertising by the companies sponsoring the event, and entertainment to the viewers, just like any sporting event.

football works the same way, except they hire people to maintain their teams, pay their salaries and training, instead of leaving the individual athletes up to the tasks, because it's currently more porfitable. e-sports could eventually be doing the same thing.

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Exactly, and the people watching never get paid. Just like the people playing games will never get paid to just play.

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Originally Posted by wilks

Exactly, and the people watching never get paid. Just like the people playing games will never get paid to just play.

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People will be paid to do anything if there is a way to profit from them doing it.

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Originally Posted by wilks

Ok if gaming is a profession, what does it produce? Every other profession is based on a product or service. At the end of a game tourney, what is the end product or service? A sense of accomplishment for the winner? How is that something that can be made into a real profession if it produces nothing? Its for FUN. It will NEVER be a real profession unless you are the ones making and selling the game. Or the ones holding the tourney and collecting the entry fees and sponsorship money.

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Entertainment. Lot's of people watch LoL tournies.

edit: If wilks is trolling, well done mate.

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Originally Posted by ironhands

e-sports could eventually be doing the same thing.

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They already are, professional teams are often now cross-platform and multi-game. They'll have various management aspects to the team of people who are either ex-players or just good business people.

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Originally Posted by wilks

Exactly, and the people watching never get paid. Just like the people playing games will never get paid to just play.

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Your arguement is now totally different to what you have been bleating on about. You're now saying that spectators dont get paid to watch sports, how did I never notice that fact before?

Just to re-iterate some things:

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Originally Posted by wilks

Ok if gaming is a profession, what does it produce? Every other profession is based on a product or service.

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Originally Posted by wilks

If it were it would be a real profession like in sports. If you make a pro team, as i said before, you get a salary.

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So, by your own words, what do professional 'sports' teams produce? You're verging on the edge of being unbelievable and losing your witty-troll status.

When you beat super mario back in the day what did you get as a reward for beating the game? Satisfaction.

Stop whining that you didn't get enough of a reward. If playing the game and beating a hard boss isn't its own reward to you, then you shouldn't be playing.

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Originally Posted by Blinkwise

When you beat super mario back in the day what did you get as a reward for beating the game?

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World select, and the opportunity to play it again. How much was Super Mario Bros when it first came out on the NES? $50? Nice number to remember for people complaining about lack of content at $60 lol

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Originally Posted by ironhands

People will be paid to do anything if there is a way to profit from them doing it.

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That would be awesome. If there really were paid positions to play games and not just in tourneys. I would be e-mailing resumes right now.

This group mob attacking wilks reminds me of those poor guys I left to the hellbugs and raiders yesterday when doing Waist Deep and Murder in Madera 3. Kinda felt bad about that then, sorta feel bad about this too.

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Originally Posted by wilks

That would be awesome. If there really were paid positions to play games and not just in tourneys. I would be e-mailing resumes right now.

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